Carbon farming in California to fight climate change; basking sharks recently returned to the California coast; Blackfeet Nation hopes to open its own National Park; alliance of organizations seeks to restore Taos river; and other environmental reads from the past week.

Bruce Cain has won the Miriam Aaron Roland Volunteer Service Prize, which recognizes Stanford faculty who engage students in integrating academic scholarship with significant and meaningful volunteer service to society.

David Bernhardt confirmed as Interior Secretary; Judge blocks decision to end coal-mining ban on federal lands; President Trump signed bill endorsing Colorado River Drought Plan; Karuk tribe struggles to defend itself against fire threats; cancer-causing chemical taints Paradise water; Native American demand drives black market for eagle feathers; and more environmental news from around the West this month.

Increased rain and snow force Oroville Spillway into use; health impacts from oil and natural gas extraction; Northern New Mexico trout drop; record-high Mexican gray wolf population in Southwest; and more environmental news from around the West this month.

Desalination – the conversion of saltwater to freshwater – has been limited by high operational costs. A new device capable of turning desalination waste into commercially valuable chemicals could make the process cheaper and more environmentally friendly.